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Danivon
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Ok, I'm a big Total War fan. I only found out today that Creative Assembly are based in Horsham, a few miles away from my home town, which just adds to my backing...
Anyway... Medieval:TW was good, but then Rome:TW changed the gameplay just enough in all the right ways to make a classic. The Barbarian Invasion add-on was great with the religious angle added in.
Medieval2:TW I've been playing for a while now. Again, the add-ons are fun.
But now Empire:TW is out. The good news is that my PC will just about handle it. The bad news is that I nowadays never buy a game at full price, I wait for a couple of expansions to come out and buy the value pack. This means a wait. However, It looks brilliant - they've added proper naval warfare, which was always weak, and it will be interesting to see how it deals with 18thC tactics.
Of course, it looks like you can also play through the American Revolution, which gives one the opportunity to put that rascal Washington back in his box, once and for all 
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mtodd0004
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Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:39 pm |
I wonder how the game engine approaches the American Revolution, because the Revolution stands in contrast to its contemporary wars in Europe. The British did everything right. They captured and blockaded the major cities. Alas, the Colonists were businessmen-farmers. Capturing Philadelphia is not the same as capturing Vienna.
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Archduke Russell John I
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:06 am  |
| Danivon wrote: |
| Ok, I'm a big Total War fan. I only found out today that Creative Assembly are based in Horsham, a few miles away from my home town, which just adds to my backing... |
What, Horsham is right around the corner from my home town as well..... 
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| Of course, it looks like you can also play through the American Revolution, which gives one the opportunity to put that rascal Washington back in his box, once and for all |
What you gonna give him a commission in the British Army. 
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Danivon
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:39 am |
| Archduke Russell John I wrote: |
| What, Horsham is right around the corner from my home town as well..... |
Yes, but your Horsham will be a mere copy of ours, named after the original (mind you the real Horsham is itself a shadow of it's former market town self nowadays).
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| [quote="Danivon"]Of course, it looks like you can also play through the American Revolution, which gives one the opportunity to put that rascal Washington back in his box, once and for all |
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| What you gonna give him a commission in the British Army. |
We tried that, remember? He got all huffy when he didn't get his way.
I think, from reading some of the notes on the CA site for the game, that they will give the Americans light infantry, who are better for skirmishing in wooded and rough ground, which might give them an advantage. Given that India is also on the map, I imagine that there will be several different kinds of warfare to pursue (and having Indian factions means we get to use elephants!!)
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Archduke Russell John I
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:59 am |
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| What you gonna give him a commission in the British Army. |
We tried that, remember? He got all huffy when he didn't get his way. |
Actually it is my understanding you didn't. He received a commission as a Lt Colonel of the Viriginia Militia but wanted a commission in the regular British Army. Braddock allegedly agreed to help him obtain it. Then the army was routed and Washington never got his regular army commission.
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Danivon
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:21 pm |
Ah, yes, he only got to help Braddock lose, I forgot that.
Still, he got huffy with the Virginian militia as well, although they made him a full Colonel in the end. That was before he rejoined and went back out to Ohio with Braddock.
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Archduke Russell John I
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:47 am |
I should say Dan that there is no reason to be little the man as a field commander to me. I think Washington was a joke as military commander. His over all record was something like 3 - 17 over his career. Some of his more spectacular tactical decisions are building a fort in the marshlands and the bottom of a hill and then neglecting to sufficiently clear his field of fire, and retreating to an island while fighting the largest navy on the planet at the time.
What Washington was though, was a great leader of men. That is what made him effective as both a General and then later as President.
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Magister Equitum
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:02 am |
I've been looking at the videos available on youtube and it looks quite remarkable--a step up from Imperial Glory
The naval battle concept seems interesting, particularly the ability to move the fleets in an arc shape. (I hate the naval battles in Imperial Glory because it is so difficult to manage properly. Hopefully Total War has spent some time fine-tuning its debut with naval battles.
Does anyone know if the Special Forces Edition is a stand-alone game or if it is an exansion pack?
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Magister Equitum
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:09 am |
I was going through google searching for the different covers available for Empires: Total War in the hope of compiling a collection to post on redscape. After finding a few, I found this interesting image:
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Archduke Russell John I
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Magister Equitum
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:25 am |
And I guess this game isn't being released in India either. (No Maratha Confederacy cover) and no Swedish cover (even though Sweden is a playable country, I think) and no Turkish cover.
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Magister Equitum
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:42 am |
The official website has some interesting write-ups on the playable countries.
France: The untrustworthy British may have to be swept aside or crushed, but what is wrong with that?
Britain: to side with the weak in Europe against the strong – and steal as many overseas possessions as possible while doing it!
Spain: feeble-minded and pathetic (oops, that was talking about the ruler)... that Spain will need defending, and soon, is self-evident to many.
Austria: The Austrians have much to be proud of in the arts, music and culture. [So we won't give them a flag on the cover, we'll let them draw it themselves]
Sweden: Sweden’s rivals are not quite as threatening as they might appear [But how will Sweden win when we don't give them a flag...muhaha]
United Provinces: For the future, the Dutch have much to be hopeful about. They have a strong navy, and a tradition of victory. There is wealth aplenty in every corner of the world, if only the Dutch have the will to go and take it!
Prussia: Prussians have always had to fight, but that has made them competent, not bloodthirsty. [Unless it is for blood sausage]
Marathas: And perhaps, one day, a Maratha could demand concessions from a European, in his lands [with his flags as well, perhaps]
Ottomans: when a Sultan has felt secure at home he has attacked Europe; when a Sultan has felt threatened by his Janissary military commanders, he has sent them to attack.
Russia: Russia is changing, awakening...These things must be introduced carefully, to avoid the ills of free-thinking that beset some Western nations.
Poland-Lithuania: a land where the people have a say in government. [And these radicals get a flag!]
USA/[Thirteen Colonies]: There is much to do, if this newest and boldest of nations is to survive and prosper!
Eddie Izzard: Do you have a Flag?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEx5G-GOS1k
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Danivon
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:26 pm |
| Magister Equitum wrote: |
| And I guess this game isn't being released in India either. (No Maratha Confederacy cover) and no Swedish cover (even though Sweden is a playable country, I think) and no Turkish cover. |
They'll just get the 'General' cover (which looks just like the British one with an American flag or two).
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Magister Equitum
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Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:04 am |
A classmate of mine bought this game when it was released and has since been complaining about it due to bugs and things. He said that the company did a surprisingly poor job on the game in the sense that a lot of it remains in need of patching. Is this true?
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Doctor Fate
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Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:46 am |
I love strategy games. However, I've read so many bad things about the AI of this game, I've avoided it. For example, no AI will invade England no matter what England does. That's pretty sweet if you're England--send your fleets all over the place and never worry about defending the homeland!
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